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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,673 | 1,283 | 18.8 | 17.7-19.9 | 5,390 | 81.2 | 80.1-82.3 |
-Piedmont | 3,348 | 606 | 17.5 | 16.0-19.0 | 2,742 | 82.5 | 81.0-84.0 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,428 | 198 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.3 | 1,230 | 86.8 | 84.7-88.7 |
Female | 1,920 | 408 | 21.4 | 19.3-23.6 | 1,512 | 78.6 | 76.4-80.7 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,156 | 435 | 19.7 | 17.8-21.7 | 1,721 | 80.3 | 78.3-82.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 692 | 111 | 15.7 | 12.8-19.0 | 581 | 84.3 | 81.0-87.2 |
Other | 447 | 54 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.3 | 393 | 89.2 | 85.7-92.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 687 | 105 | 14.9 | 12.2-18.0 | 582 | 85.1 | 82.0-87.8 |
35-44 | 515 | 105 | 18.7 | 15.3-22.6 | 410 | 81.3 | 77.4-84.7 |
45-54 | 626 | 117 | 18.2 | 15.1-21.8 | 509 | 81.8 | 78.2-84.9 |
55-64 | 607 | 152 | 25.5 | 21.6-29.7 | 455 | 74.5 | 70.3-78.4 |
65-74 | 517 | 83 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.1 | 434 | 84.7 | 80.9-87.9 |
75+ | 342 | 37 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.7 | 305 | 88.8 | 84.3-92.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 347 | 65 | 17.8 | 13.7-22.9 | 282 | 82.2 | 77.1-86.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 837 | 173 | 19.1 | 16.3-22.3 | 664 | 80.9 | 77.7-83.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 872 | 185 | 19.3 | 16.6-22.3 | 687 | 80.7 | 77.7-83.4 |
College Graduate | 1,273 | 181 | 13.9 | 11.9-16.1 | 1,092 | 86.1 | 83.9-88.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 295 | 88 | 29.3 | 23.4-35.9 | 207 | 70.7 | 64.1-76.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 504 | 121 | 22.0 | 18.3-26.3 | 383 | 78.0 | 73.7-81.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 52 | 16.4 | 12.2-21.8 | 233 | 83.6 | 78.2-87.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 354 | 64 | 17.4 | 13.3-22.4 | 290 | 82.6 | 77.6-86.7 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 389 | 69 | 16.8 | 13.0-21.3 | 320 | 83.2 | 78.7-87.0 |
$75,000+ | 831 | 106 | 12.9 | 10.5-15.8 | 725 | 87.1 | 84.2-89.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 742 | 299 | 39.8 | 35.8-44.0 | 443 | 60.2 | 56.0-64.2 |
No | 2,537 | 296 | 11.6 | 10.3-13.1 | 2,241 | 88.4 | 86.9-89.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 374 | 63 | 16.4 | 12.7-21.0 | 311 | 83.6 | 79.0-87.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,961 | 543 | 17.7 | 16.1-19.3 | 2,418 | 82.3 | 80.7-83.9 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,801 | 310 | 17.1 | 15.2-19.1 | 1,491 | 82.9 | 80.9-84.8 |
Regional City or Suburban | 887 | 174 | 19.8 | 16.9-23.0 | 713 | 80.2 | 77.0-83.1 |
Rural | 660 | 122 | 15.4 | 12.6-18.7 | 538 | 84.6 | 81.3-87.4 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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